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1 '7 White Sox win Cnrvi Incf 3R BUSINESS 0 i J-VhW Johnson misses no-hitter. 3B Buckeyes' Jackson hurt. 2B BP The Capital Times Thursday, August 15, 1991' Fanfare Jobs on the line with cute loomM By Rob Schultz From staff and news services Daly starts fund Packers vs. Bills Pro football comes to Madison I Kickoff is at noon Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium agents Tracy Martin and Dempsey Norman, are longshots. The coaches feel comfortable with Weathers because of his knowledge of Infante's offense, but he has had a nondescript camp.

Query has not had a good camp and has dropped more balls this year than in his previous two camps combined. He also is in danger of losing his punt returning job to running back Vai Sikahema. "I don't know what it is. Query's just dropped too many footballs," said Tom Braatz, the Packers' vice president of football operations. "At New Orleans (last Continued on Page 4B The Capital Times GREEN BAY Some may look at the battle waged by the Green Bay Packer receivers for a roster spot as the hottest on the team.

Then again, considering that none have stood out yet as a complement to all-pro Sterling Sharpe, some may consider it the coldest battle. With that in mind, Packer coach Lindy Infante added a little fuel to the fire Wednesday with hopes that somebody will warm to the position. "The one thing about this training camp that has been a little bit disappointing is that I don't think any wide receiver jumped out from the other side of Sterling and made a big-time statement," Infante said. "We had hoped somebody would have come out and done for victim's girls PGA champion John Daly said he will set up a college scholarship fund for the two daughters of a man killed by lightning during the tournament in Carmel, last week. Thomas Weaver, 39, of Fishers, was struck by lightning last Thursday during a storm delay in the first round of the tournament at the Crooked Stick Golf Club.

The 25-year-old PGA Tour rookie won $230,000 and said last weekend he would donate $30,000 to the fund. In addition to the scholarship fund, Daly said, "I want to set up an annual pro-am at Crooked Stick with the proceeds to go to the scholarship fund." lop fv that by this time. We still have two weeks for that to happen but by that hot happening now has really confused the issue on who is going to be here and at what position." This is a confusing time anyway for Packer coaches as they must trim their roster from 80 to 60 players by next Tuesday and to 47 players one week later. That's why Saturday's preseason game with Buffalo at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison looms important. Here's a look at how the most interesting roster battles are shaping up and which players to watch during Saturday's game: Receivers: in the past the Packers have kept five, but Infante said they may keep six this year.

If oft-injured Erik Affholter can figure out a way to stay healthy, he would be a lock to make the team with Sharpe, Perry Kemp and Charles Wilson. That leaves veterans Jeff Query and Carl Weathers to battle rookies Johnny Walker and Linzy Collins and free agent Mark Stock for the remaining one or two spots. Two other receivers in camp, free MIKE DeVRIESTHE CAPITAL TIMES INSIDE Just for kicks: The Packers may try another punter, other notes, 4B Jeff Query's spot at wide receiver is not secure. Mike Lucas BIG TEN FOOTBALL '91 Brewers make Jays lookback OSU infantry set to storm wi A' If w. I' M.viuif.lLjr --TjfryrB i ii -ii urn iti iir 1 0 Lucas John Cooper has drawn more comparisons to Woody Harrelson than Woody Hayes since taking over the Ohio State football legacy.

Woody would definitely love these Buckeyes, though. annual media day in Chicago)." But there's so much and so many quality running backs to talk about. Robert Smith, 6-2, 195, Euclid, Ohio UPI's national Freshman of the Year. He led Ohio State in rushing with 1,126 yards, breaking Archie Griffin's freshman record of 867. Averaged 6.4 yards per carry.

Wants to attend medical school. Named Ohio's Mr. Football twice. Ran for 5,308 yards as a prep. Carlos Snow, 5-9, 200, Cincinnati, Ohio Missed last season after hip surgery.

He was the team's leading rusher in 1988 (775 yards, six TDs) and, again, in 1989 (990 yards, 11 TDs). Needs six yards to hop past Howard Cassady and rank No. 1 in career kickoff return yardage. Ran for 7,586 yards as a prep. Graham, 5-10, 220, Long Beach, N.Y.

Coming off a disappointing 1990 season in which he rushed for only 253 yards and two TDs after spraining his ankle in the first game. By comparison, he rushed for 977 yards and 10 TDs in 1989. Also had the longest runs (70 and 60 yards) of the year by an OSU back. Longest run last year was 16. Dante Lee, 5-10, 185, -Dayton, Ohio Two years ago, as a freshman, he appeared in 12 games and rushed for 503 yards ASSOCIATED PRESS Robert Smith set an Ohio State record for yards gained in a season by a freshman running back last year.

Woody Hayes, that is. And if he were looking down today or up, whatever the case may be he would see eight quality running backs in Columbus. Eight is enough. Or is it too many? "We love each other," Scottie Graham said. Enough.

Graham is a senior fullback and his full name James Otis Graham invokes memories of another Ohio State fullback, Jim Otis, the fifth-leading rusher in school history, who starred for Hayes in the late '60s. As it is, Woody would love something else about these Buckeyes. These backs are throwbacks. "We want to take it one game at a time and basically stay out of the media," Graham said. "I think we've done too much talking as a group.

We don't want to do that much talking. We want to go back to the days of Woody Hayes who wouldn't even come to stuff like this (the Big Ten's An undelivered letter; a missed opportunity? Ed Als and Ken Germano can only wonder how big a part the U.S. Postal Service played in their failure to make it to professional baseball. An undelivered letter showed up back Manhattan College last 1 week 19 years after being sent to a major league scout alerting him that Als and Ger-' mano were playing in an all-star game in Philadelphia. The school sent the letter on Aug.

19, 1972, to Al Harper of the Boston Red Sox suggesting he might want to pay special attention to Als and Germano. "We knew this wasn't regular return mail when we saw the stamp," school spokeswoman Pa-, trice Liquori said. "There was an' 8-cent stamp on it from the 1972 Winter Olympics." "The post office handles 15 million pieces of mail a day," Postal Service spokesman An- drew Sozzi said. "God knows, I with all the nooks and crannies a letter can fall into, it is almost i impossible to pin down what I happened to this particular let-i ter." i Als, an outfielder during his i playing days at Manhattan, now works for the U.S. Environmen-' tal Protection Agency.

Germano, a catcher back then, is an ac-; count manager. Brewers' farm team wins by 4 touchdowns The game Wednesday night in Helena, between the two second-place teams in the Pio-neer League wasn't much of a I contest. In fact, it was one of the worst routs in league history. Helena, a Milwaukee Brewers' farm club, had 27 hits, including six homers, in routing Idaho Falls, 28-0, for their seventh straight win. The Brewers, who are a half-; game behind Great Falls in the Northern Division, have scored 98 runs during their winning All 28 runs were earned as Idaho Falls managed to play errorless ball.

The losers remained three games behind Salt Lake City in the Southern Division race. Graham leads all-stars Greg Graham of Indiana scored 33 points to lead a team a Big Ten all-stars to a 90-76 win over a team from Lathi, Finland, Wednesday. The team, coached by Wisconsin's Steve Yoder, improved to 4-2 on its nine-game tour of Finland and Sweden. The all-stars rallied from a 15-point first-half deficit. Wisconsin's Carlton McGee had four points, but UW's Tracy Webster was held scoreless.

Considered OSU's best goal-line runner. Calls himself "Ultra-back." Shhhhhhh. Also nicknamed "Quiet Storm." Butler By'not'e, 5-11, 185, St. Louis, Mo. Even though he was Smith's caddie last year, he still rushed for 239 yards (4.5 average).

Led the Big Ten in apostrophes. Had a great spring practice, pushing Smith. Continued on Page 2B (6.1) and six TDs. Ran for 157 yards against Northwestern. Last year, he carried the ball just 14 times (for 53 yards).

Nickname is "Quick" which is why he will likely be used as a wide receiver this year. That's the plan. Raymont Harris, 6-2, 220, Lorain, Ohio Was the Buckeyes' second leading rusher last year with 519 yards (4.4). Also rushed for eight TDs, tying for the team lead with Smith. MILWAUKEE (AP) The surging Milwaukee Brewers have American League East-leading Toronto looking back.

Looking back to the closing Detroit Tigers. And looking back to 1987, when the Blue Jays squandered a 34-game lead in the final week and lost the AL East title to Detroit. Wednesday night, the Brewers stopped Toronto 5-3 for their ninth victory in their last 11 games. The Blue Jays, meanwhile, dropped their seventh consecutive game the first time since 1987 they've lost seven straight. Joe Carter wasn't with Toronto in 1987, but he can still relate.

"Things are adding up," said Carter. "We've just got to keep our heads. It's a combination of a lot of things. We're not executing things right. But it's not time to hide and feel sorry for ourselves.

"We're still in first place." Right-hander Chris Bosio (9-8) went seven innings to beat the Blue Jays for the first time since 1987 after six straight losses. Dar-ryl Hamilton extended his hitting streak to 19 games, the longest current streak in the American League. And Robin Yount and Greg Vaughn drove in two runs apiece. Paul Molitor had two hits and ignited the Brewer offense. He stole third in the fifth and scored the go-ahead run on Vaughn's sacrifice fly.

Then in the seventh he darted home from third when Yount's line drive went off reliever David Weathers' glove. For Milwaukee manager Tom Trebelhorn, the victory symbolized the way the Brewers are a different team from the one that was struggling two weeks ago but one that is still 10 games under .500. Milwaukee committed two errors in a three-run Toronto fourth inning Wednesday night, but then bounced back for the victory instead of falling apart. "It exemplifies the fact that we're in a better groove," said Trebelhorn. "We're in a better emotional frame of mind.

Things (errors) like that early in the season would have been hard to overcome. We're focused better and we're playing better." The Blue Jays remain in first place, but lead Detroit by only two games heading into a big series with the Tigers this weekend. "We're all doing a lousy job. Period," said Toronto outfielder Devon White. "Basically we've got to try to be aggressive.

If we Continued on Page 2B Dominican Muskies learn to adapt By Dennis Semrau Mercado Hernandez Mejia Lanfranco played for this year's team, 29 players from the Dominican Republic have played for the Muskies. Starting infielders Carlos Hernandez, Luis Lanfranco and Rafael Mercado, and pitcher Lean-dro Mejia all are natives of the Dominican Republic. Pitcher Delfino Mejia, who spent a few weeks in Madison rehabilitating an injury, is also from the Dominican Republic. "I didn't have a lot of problems because I spoke some English before I came to the United States," said Lanfranco, who drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the Muskies' 9-2 loss to Be-loit Wednesday night at Warner Park. "But I still went to the classes every day in spring training," he added.

"You also pick up a lot during the games and just being around the guys on the team." Lanfranco also credited the fans and boosters with making the players feel comfortable. "Everybody has been very nice," Lanfranco said. "It's also good to have someone like Felix (Caraballo) around who has been been through all of this before, too." Caraballo, who pitched for the Muskies in 1988, returned to Madison after being released by the Cleveland Indians in May 1990. Although his playing career is over, Caraballo still is having a positive effect on the Muskies. "I see Felix here all the time," Muskies' manager Gary Jones said.

"From the time we first got into town, he has always been available to help the players." Caraballo said older players helped him when he was getting started so it is his turn to help those that are following him. "I didn't speak a word of English when I signed with the A's," said Caraballo, who was signed by San Francisco Giants Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal, who is Oakland's director of Latin American scouting. "And everything in America was different from back home in the Dominican Republic. But I was able to learn enough to survive. And I'm still learning something new from my friends every day." Muskies fall from first, 2B The Capital Times No one said it was going to be easy.

But for some of the baseball players in the minor 1 leagues, the trip to "the show" has a few more roadblocks. Since 1984, the Oakland Athletics have scouted heavily in the Dominican Republic. A major concern in signing prospects was how long it would take the players to adapt to playing ball in the United States. "Getting players acclimated to their surroundings as quickly as possible is very important," said Karl Kuehl, the Athletics' director of player development. "The more comfortable a player is off the field, the better chance they have of being successful on it." Beginning as soon as a player is signed and continuing through the instructional league and spring training, the Athletics' non-English speaking players are enrolled in the club's English-language training program.

For some players, the schooling ends when they are assigned to a farm team and shipped out. Others who remain in Scottsdale, to play in the rookie league continue in the program until the season ends in late August. Outfielder Luis Polonia, who was a fan favorite when he graced the confines of "The Fish Bowl" during the 1984 season, was the first Dominican Republic player on a Madison Muskies' roster. Including five who have MILWAUKEE abrhbi 4 0 10 Molitor lb 4 10 0 Randolph 2b 4 0 10 Yount dh 4 1 2 1 G. Vaughn If 4 110 Hamilton cf 4 0 11 BICIMtN) rf 10 10 Gontnw 3b 0 0 0 0 Dempsv 3 0 0 0 Splr 3 0 0 0 TO" ONTO Whit cf R.

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31, will include a pair of Muskies' games in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, against the Cedar Rapids Reds. "We plan on playing in a pickup game and getting an at-bat or two while we're there," said Russ Burnick, who is coordinating the trip. "It's a lot of fun and is definitely something to look forward to." For more information, call Burnick at 241-0010. Molitor (6LRondototl (11). 5oln (10).

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